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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-08
THE GENUINE TURKISH BATHS.
Interior of Hannah, or Bathing Estab-
lishrnent-In a Cloud of Vaoor

Interior of a Hamam, or Bathing Estab-
Hshment-In Cloud of yapor.
The bathing establishments, or ha-
mans, consist of large octagonal or circu-
lar halls, paved with fagstones, around
which run stone seats or very hard divans.
In these halls, which are heated to excess
and filled with steam the bathers have
themselves washed, rubbed and sham
pooed by employees called telaks, who,
with their hands incased in hair gloves,
knead the flesh vigorously until it becomes
clean, flexible and soft like satin.
Men go to the bath singly, and remain
there only an hour or two; but women go
there in parties, and sometimes pass the
entire day there, drinking syrups, smol-
ing cigarettes, eating rhat loukoum and
sweetmeats and sleeping on divans or in
small beds placed around the bath room.
The exterior of the hamams presents
nothing very remarkable. They are large
low structures, built of brick, covered
with stucco, and always paved with mar
BILE. They are lighted only by small,
round skylights set in the cupolas and
provided with greenish panes, which
throw into the rooms dim light resem-
bling moonlight and very favorable to re-
pose. A furnace underneath heats the
building by means of pipes which are run
all through the walls even. The temper
allure is raised to forty, fifty and sixty de-
grees Centigrade
After undressing the bathers envelop
themselves in a long wrap (pechtumaD
and make delightful plunge into cloud
of vapor, which produces, even in the
case of the leanest, a profuse- and debilita-
ting perspiration. One. puts on clogs,
which look like small stilts to protect
ones feet from the extreme heat of the
floor. There are large white marble urns
fastened against the wall, which receive
cold and boiling water by separate faucets;
it is around these urns that all the purifi-
cations commanded by the Koran are
made. Seated upon little cedar stool,
the bather pours upon his head and body
large bowls of water, which he heats to
the desired temperature by the faucets.
The hamams, of which there are more
than 300 in STEAMBOAT alone, have no
fixed tariff. The charges depend upon
the look and the dress of the bather and
vary from two sous to twenty-three
francs. Rich pashas sometimes hire them
outright for their families, and think that
If they pay less than forty Turkish livres
1913, they have done something deroga-
tory to their dignity. On the other hand;
beggars and poor people are admitted free
of charge to certain baths designed for
their use; and this is a blessing to them
as well as to their neighbors; for these pc
riodical additions diminish their extreme
filthiness and arrest the growth of the
vermin nourished at their expense. The
Cosmopolitan
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-08

Nothing more degrades ones thought
than habitual companionship with the
coarse and ignorant. -Signor Max.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-08
A Very Sacred Oath.

They have no Bible in the French courts
to swear on, and the crucifix which was
used for that purpose has been removed.
But now and then a witness needs to swear
by something, as in a judicial examination
at Marseilles lately of a man accused of
murder. A cab driver was asked if he
could swear to certain testimony he had
given. He raised his hand in tragic
manner toward heaven and exclaimed in
stentorian tone: 81 swear it, Monsieur lie
Judge, by the ashes of my poor sister who
died of the cholera!'' He had something
sacred, if not Bible or crucifx.-Inde-
pan6apt
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-08
Dnetrg,
Dost Thou Remember2

Dost thou remember. love, one night in June
Above our heads the stars their tapers swung
And from her feecy couch the fair young moon
Lifted herself and smiling DER US hung.
Dost thou remember, love? Ali life for me
Can never hold brighter memory.
The waves crept up ard whispered at our feet
AS tho they had a tender tale to tell;
Across the hills there came cadence sweet
The silvery swaying of a distant bell.
And with thy kisses, ruby-ipped. divine,
My soul was reeling as from draughts OF wine.
Dost thou remember. love? Canst thou forget
How in my hand thy vibrant fingers lay y
How quickly moon and evening star had set,
And how the moments sped, like dreams, away?
Thou dost remember; Thou dost only feign 2
Say it again, my own. again!
Phillip Holodrd Palmer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-08
A Wonderful Memory.

I heard the other day an instance of
the great tenacity Of memory possessed by
N. P. Banks. Some days ago Gen. I. f.
Shepard read a poem at a gathering at
East Boston, and was followed by Gen.
Banks, who delivered an address of an
hour in length, reading it from manu-
script. A week later the two gentlemen
met on a similar occasion in another city,
and Gen. Shepard was surprised to hear
Banks deliver the same address extern
pore without the apparent change of a
word. Upon inquiry he learned that
Banks had not even looked at the manu-
script since the first evening. Cambridge
Chronicle.
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American Magazines in England.

1t is reported that the sales of the five
Leading American magazines that are re-
issued in England are greater in that
country than the aggregate sales of the
twenty-five magazines published in the
United Kingdom.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-08

''Take what is in sight and rustic f7F
more = is the motto Of che saroog3e Mo-
Yiadicator,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-08
II fE VALLEY MUTUAL IFE ASSOCIA .
l. TION OF VIRGINIA,

The largest and the leading Life Association in
the South. Nearly one million of dollars paid in
cash to the families of deceased members.
The cheapneSs of its plan is demonstrated by the
experience of those who are insured. In illustra-
ton OF this fact we take policy No, 3, held by Mr.
w. T. Tams. Cashier Augusta National Bank
Staunton, Va Policy issued September 23d. 1878,
$1,000, consequently it has shared every cost that
has come against the company. The entire cost to
Mr.. Tams in eight years and six months, Member
ship Fee, ANIMALS. and Mortality payments, has
been but $7044 or an average annual cost of $S.2S
At the date of this insurance Mr.. Tams was 27
years of age.
A policy OF even amount and date in one of the
most popular Old Line companies on the ordinary
life plan payable at death only, would have cost
him $l9275 or $2l so per year, saving Of $l22.3l in
favor of the Valley Mutual.
Theories are easily advanced and Jealous rivals
abound in them, but facts cannot be refuted.-
First class agents can get liberal contracts by ap
plying to
E. L. EDMUNDSON,
Secretary & Gen'l Agt.
mars tt Staunton, Va.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-08

"Animals feed, man eats, said sava-
rim, "and the man of intellect alone knows
how to eat ~
Telegram-herald., 1887-01-16
What Makes a Me er
CHRISTMAS PRESENT

Than q subscription 70 some lead
ing magazine o. periodical and
IS az eNtrs Inducement Nc offer
the following
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, 1887-05-10

$500
Probably the plans for this building have
been the subject Of a greater amount Of arts
tic labor than those for any other building in
the west. For Il year or more n corps of prom
inent architects have been at work on the de-
signs, and a dozen elevations, each a huge
thing ten feet or more square, were drawn
before one was found which in all particu.
lars met the approval OF the board of direc-
tors. For six months fifteen skilled drafts
men have been lard at work on the working
drawings, of which there are 100 sheets about
4 feet by Z in size. Forty copies being needed
of each, 1t follows that the architects port
'olio comprises a volume containing 5000
mammoth sheets. Chicago does not profess
to be the greatest city I'm the world, but when
she goes in for IA big thing she generally gets
it with n vengeance.
The stage Of this auditorium Is to be the best
in the world. A Chicago architect spent three
months in Europe borrowing the best IDEAS
OF the French and Germans. The French
formerly eXcelled in stage manipulation, but
the Germans now lead, and this stage Is TO be
built on the German model. In fact, there
are to DO a number of stages. OF the lifting
type; and oil scenery is TO be raised or low
cred bodily, averting the nuisance of flies
in the wings, numbering up the space and
constantly in the way. The difficulty with a
grand opera stage Is to find room enough for
the vast numbers OF people employed In the
productions, and that difficulty is to be met
here by removing all the scenery and para
phernalia from the surface of the stage. TIC
dig and water proof the well into which the
stage settings are to be dropped cost the
builders nearly $4,000. The contract for the
iron to be used in the construction OF this build
ing is said to be the largest ever given out,
400 tons OF material being required.
, 1887-05-10

A CASE which recently arose in French
court illustrates in a striking manner the
folly of those Americans who credulously
believe that what is imported must be
both god and genuine. The proprietors
of a Paris restaurant were arrested and
tried for selling a wine which was intended
only for export and which proved to be a
vile adulteration colored with extract of
coal and mixed with plaster of Paris. The
winners plea of mistake ayailed him
nothing, and he was sentenced to a fine Of
1900 francs and a years Imprisonment.
The mixture might have been imported
without %offense, the French government
probably holding that other countries
would take care OF themselves. This is
not the case, however, for anything which
pays duty may be imported and sold in
the United States under whatever name
it may please the French exporter to Sc
lect.
, 1887-05-10

Most of our young readers will be SUI
pissed to hear that the well known nur-
sery song of Mary Had a Little Lamb
il a true story, and that MARY is still
living. About seventy years ago she was
a little girl. the daughter of a farmer in
Worcester county, Massachusetts,. She
was very fond Of going with her father
to the fields to SEQ the sheep, and one
day they found a baby lamb which was
thought to be dead. Kind hearted little
Mary. however, lifted it up into her
arms, and as it seemed to breathe she
carried it home, made it a warm bed
near the stow and nursed it tenderly.
Great was her delight when, after weeks
of careful feeding and watching, her
little patient began to grow well and
strong, and soon after it was able to run
abost. 1t knew its young mistress per-
fectly, always came at her call and was
happy only when at her side. One day
it followed her to the village school, and,
not knowing what else to do with it, she
put it under her desk and covered it with
her shawl. There it staid until Mary
was called up to the teachers desk to
say her lesson, and then the lamb walked
quietly after her, and the other children
burst out laughing. So the teacher had
70 hHuI tne uItle Sl6 5 pet IN the Wool
shed until school was out.
Soon after this a young student, named
John Rollstone, wrote a little poem about
Mary and her lamb and presented it to
her. h lamb grew to be a sheep and
lived for many years, and when at last
it died, Mary grieved so much for it that
Der mother took some of its wool, which
was ''as white as snow" and knitted a
pair of stockings for her to wear in re-
membrance of her darling. Some years
after the lambs death, Mrs. Sarah Hall,
a celebrated woman who wrote books,
composed some verses about Mary's lamb
and added them to those written by John
Rollstone, making the complete poem as
we know it. Mary took such good care
of h stockings made of her lambs
fleece that when she was a grown up
oman she gave one of them to a church
fair in Boston. AS soon as it became
known that the stocking was made from
the fleece of ''Mary's little lamb" every
n wanted a piece of it; so the stock
ing was raveled and the yarn cut into
short pieces. Each piece was tied to a
card on which ''Mary'' wrote her full
name, and those cards sold so well that
they brought the large sum of $40 in
the Old South church.-American Agri-
culturist.
, 1887-05-10

THERE has never been 4 Democratic
administration whose every act, or whose
entire policy has met the unqualified APP
proval of the Democracy of any state.
Neither Jefferson, mo- Madison, nor Jack
son obtained the solid, unbroken support
of his party or its endorsement of all his
measures. Monroe's second term was the
result of a general breaking up of party
lines, TO such an extent that it could
scarcely be claimed as a party triumph.
Van Buren's second nomination was
effected by the politicians in disregard of
the people. and g crushing defeat was the
natural and merited result. Tue party
leaders may safely surrender their preiu-
dices and bow TO the general verdict of
the masses, ever when it seems hard TO
accept, for the simple reason that the
masses do the voting and are also capable,
now and then, of knowing u good thing in
the way Of an administration when they
and IL
, 1887-05-10
AFTER long silence on the subject, ru.

AFTER long silence On the subject, ru
NOR is again busy with alleged fllibuster
ing expeditions organized in the United
States for the seizure Of Cuba. Spain is
agitated by a report that such an expedi-
ton has already landed on the ever faith
full isle. American enterprise no longer
seeks such lawless venturcs-at least not
in such force as to make even temporary
success possible. The United States have
no immediate use for Cuba, though it
would be a suitable indemnity for the ex-
pense of a war or might become a profita-
BILE investment If offered Tor sale at a rea-
sonable price.
, 1887-05-10

Roscoe CoNKLISG wrote 10 one of the
Grant birthday committees which invited
him to take part in celebrating the oc-
casion The survival of the ittest among
political organizations now asking for pub
lie confidence might be rallied by the re-
vival OF the Republican party, provided
it can discover the questions deserving of
attention, take the right side ofthem, and
then act up to its convictions"-al of
which cautious statement implies consid
cradle doubt in the mind of the willy states
man as to the present status of the party
of which he was once the pride.
, 1887-05-10
CHICAGO'S BIG HALL.
IT WILL GO BY THE BIG NAME
OF AUDITORIUM"

An Army of Architects Engaged Upon
derful Stage MRchInsry-The Whole to
Exceed Anything the Country Over.
II the national political conventions of 1888
be held in the city offering Creates advan-
taSes in the way of ball, Chicago will surely
be chosen This city Is soon to have the larg-
est auditorium I'm the United States, and one
OF the largest In the world. On the lake
front, just south of the Exposition building,
IN whose temporary hall Garfield, Blaine and
Cleveland were nominated, large gangs OF
men and teams nre now making excavations
for a building Of truly mammoth proportions
This Is the Chicago auditorium, for which a
number of wealthy men have raised 5000
900. The structure will overlook the lake,
and possesses a central and most admirable
location. And what a monster it Is TO bel
Frontage on Michigan avenue 1.-THE lake
'front.', 1S7 feet; on Congress street, 3Gl
feet; on Wabash avenue, l6l feet; total
street frontage, 700 feet. Walk seven times
from one corner of the building to the far cor
ner and you have Travelled about a mile. The
structure is 10 be ten stories high, IA feet
from curb to cornice. The tower will be 225
feet high, and will constitute a hinge building
of ITSELF. Above the roof it will rise so feet
and measure Al feet frontage by 40 feet deep.
A very respectable sort of block that would
make, even If seated on terra firma. What
a showing it will make with its base elevated
IA feet nboye the street,
Tine auditorium is to be a vast opera hall
containing 5000 chairs, and with a total
capacity, in such emergencies as a national
convention. OF 1900 seats. This makes 1t the
largest auditorium on the continent, and the
largest one in the world available for miscel-
laneous public uses, as this is TO he.
1t is expected that the hall will be COM
plcted in time for the national conventions Of
1883, though the decorations cannot he fin
ished by that date These will be added later
on, in time for the grand opera opening in
December. Aside from the great hall the
building will contain n hotel OF 400 rooms,
and II is rumored that Edward s. Stokes, of
the Hoffman house, New York. will be the
landlord thereof
, 1887-05-10

A FEW weeks ago the last armed force
of Yaquis surrendered to Mexican troops,
ending a wal which had lasted several
years and had given the republic much
trouble. Now the dispatches bring the
significant news that Caffeine the Yaqui
chief has been shot, after a short trial &C
cording to law" This is summary pro
ceedure. which would be excusable were
the Yaquis barbarous brutes like the
Apaches, but they are not, and waged
wal in quite as civilized a manner as the
Mexieans themselves.
, 1887-05-10
THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION.
Yankee Enterprise to BE Shown to tn,
People of England.

Yankee Enterprise to BE Shown to the
People of England.
This month of May is to witness u very re
markable enterprise-an American art and
industrial exhibition in London. The world
has become familiar with national exhibitions
since their Inauguration in the great London
Crystal palace OF 1851; yet for one nation to
present an exhibition in the capital of another
Is n striking novelty. and this Is just what
America is doing. The scheme was projected
three years ago, and started slowly and with
much uncertainty but energy and a tolerably
liberal supply Of money have now brought it
near to success. The exhibition will be held
at West Kensington, near London, where
twenty-three and a half acres have been Sc
cured; and there will be three departments.
First is the main building, consisting of a
front of 2l0 feet in width, a court, and a hall
1900 feet long. The structure is of railroad
iron and glass, except that the floor Is Of
wood. From this projects the restaurant,
90 feet wide and 224 feet long, and on
the opposite side the art gallery, 80 by
100 feet. or course such a limited
space could have been filled a dozen times
over with typical American products, so the
management has made a rule to select only
the best in each line, and especially those In
which America excels. Agricultural ma
chinery will be a very prominent feature, as
that is probably the line Of greatest Ameri-
can success.
The second department is chiefly in the
open air, and great space is given to Buffalo
Bits Wild West show.
The third department consists of the oIna-
mental gardens and pleasure grounds, with
music pavilions and bands. Ii these every
American flower and plant that will bear
t~ransplanting to the London climate will be
exhibited.
The successive British exhibitions nave
drawn many Americans, and this American
exhibition in Britain, In the year of the
queens jubilee, will, no doubt, delight mill
lions of Englishmen. The exhibition will
close October 81.
, 1887-05-10

SUBMERGED, SHOWING MACHINE GUNS.
When ready to attack, the water Is admitted
INTO the prepared compartments till the
screws on the upper part Of the sides are un-
der water; these screws act vertically, and so
u few revolutions on them sink the boat rap
idly, after which they are revolved slowly to
keep her down. When their motion is stopped
she rises at once by her own buoyancy. So
the boat can ride the water surface like any
other, or move forward submerged till only
the glass cupola projects, or so fifty feet be-
low the surface and travel some distance
ilIArn
, 1887-05-10

The following will interest asthmatics: DR..
Holmes, 1t Is said, has found nothing which
did him so much good MS this CONT nation of
drugs: Stramonlum leaves, lobelif, saltpeter
and black tea, equal parts by weight. These
are powdered, mixed together, and then
sifted. Some OF this is burned on live Goals
and the smoke NATURALIZATION Herald.
, 1887-05-10

Carbonic acid, produced by the action OF
vinegar OIL marble, is supposed to have been
used as an anGsthetic by the ancient Egyp-
tans and Greeks. NJ. Gu. Ozsnam reports to
the Paris Biological society that annsthesia
induced by carbonic acid is very complete,
may last a long time, and-the gas, OF course,
being mixed with airs without danger
Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1887-05-10

Horatio G.. Brooks who died at his residence
In Dunkirk, N. Y, recently, was early noted
among the railroad workers OF the country
and later became an extensive manufacturers of
locomotives. He had three times been mayor
OF Dunkirk.
Mr.. Brooks was born Oct. 30, 1928, at
Portsmouth, N. H, and ut the age of 10
, 1887-05-10

an EXCHANGE illustrates the Franco
Prussian situation by remarking that if
English people were SO frantic 10 their
hate of Americans, that the reading OF
LonRfellow's poems in London would
cause q mob to gather and boot around
the building, every Americans the United
States would want TO fight.
, 1887-05-10

NEGOTIATIONS are said to have con
menced between the pope and the czar for
a union of the Greek and Latin churches.
an old scheme often tried and never to be
realized because neither will bate a jot of
its claims for the lake of compromise.
, 1887-05-10

AN Ex-ALDERMAN dropped dead in
New York City the other day, having on
his person $25, 900 worth ofstreet railroad
bonds, the savings of his official wages.
He was reputed a pool man and the dis
covery created suspicion as well as sur
, 1887-05-10

North Edgecombe, Me. In 1856 he was APP
pointed master mechanic OF the Ohio and
Mississippi road, and in October, 1862, super.n-
tendent Of the western division of the Erie
railway. He also reid other positions OF trust
in the railway service. In October, 1869, jay
Gould, then president of the Erie, ordered
the shops to be removed from Dunkirk; and
TO prevent what he considered a calamity to
the town and the resident , ~worl,men, Mr..
Brooks leased the property and organized the
Brooks Locomotive works, which have been
in successful operation ever since.
, 1887-05-10

WHEN a newspaper can create a sensa-
ton throughout three Kingdoms by simply
calling a man a liar, as the London Times
has succeeded in doing, journalism IN us
be at a low ebb.